beat out

verb

beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out

transitive verb

1
: to make or perform by or as if by beating
2
: to mark or accompany by beating
3
: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base

Examples of beat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With the win, Downey Jr. beat out American Fiction's Sterling K. Brown, Killers of the Flower Moon's Robert De Niro, Barbie's Ryan Gosling and Poor Things' Mark Ruffalo. Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 The 35-year-old actress beat out fellow nominees Sandra Hüller for Anatomy of a Fall, Annette Bening for Nyad, Carey Mulligan for Maestro, and Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024 Nvidia previously beat out Amazon and Google parent Alphabet to become the third most valuable company in the U.S. by market cap. Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024 The sequel beat out the first Dune installment, which opened with $41 million when it was released in domestic theaters in October 2021. Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024 Alaric Jackson, who beat out Joe Noteboom and started 15 games, is a restricted free agent. Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024 Although more than six in ten said each of these taxes was too high, the local property tax beat out the others. Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 Cleveland Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett beat out T.J. Watt for AP Defensive Player of the Year. Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024 Film data research firm the Quorum found in 2022 that 77% of 6,000 respondents would want to watch television shows released in theaters, beating out other types of entertainment like live music and sporting events. Conor Murray, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of beat out was in 1588

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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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